Coin-bank.



P. J. MALEY & J. E. HILLS.

COIN BANK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1907.

902,669. Patented N0v.3,19o8.

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UNTTEEU STATES PATENT @lEElfCl-E@ PATRICK J. MALEY AND JOSEPH E. HILLS, OI" NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

GOIN-BANK.

Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908 Application led January 9, 1907. Serial No. 351,456.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PATRICK J. MALEY and Josnrri E. HILLS, citizens of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of N ew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Banks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Uur invention relates to new and useful improvements in coin banks and has for its object, among other things, to provide a bank for the reception of coins, which will be of few parts that can be economically7 constructed and readily assembled, and permit the contents of the bank to be seen from the exterior thereof.

To these, and other ends, our invention consists in the coin bank, having certain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, in which like numerals of reference designate like parts in the several figures; Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved coin bank; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a portion of the bank upon line A-B of Fig. 2; and Fig. l is a similar sectional view upon line CMD of Fig. 2.

In the practice of our invention we provide a glass body member 1 having an annular head 2 upon the exterior of its upper edge and closing the open end thereof is a cover member 3 which is cup shaped and permanently and inseparably secured to said body member by spinning the bottom edge thereof inwardly over the bead 2 forming the lip l. Extending diametrically across the top of the cover is the integral chute 5, and upon the underside thereof, and below said chute 5, is a plate 6 having an aperture '.7 in one end thereof. This plate is permanently secured to the cover member 3, and fixed thereto is a chute 8 similar to and parallel with the chute 5, the openings in both of said chutes being at the same side of the cover (see F ig. 4). Fixed to the bottom of the chute 8 is a spring 9 which projects upwardly across the mouth of said chute and abuts against the bottom of the plate 6. This spring may be permanently secured by soldering, riveting, or any of the many other desirable methods known to the art.

In operation the coin is placed in the mouth of the chute 5 and on top of the plate G and the bank is tilted slightly causing the coin to drop to the bottom of said chute and escape therefrom through the aperture 7 into the chute 8. Now, by reversing the position of the bank, the coin slides through the chute 8 and by its weight the spring 9 is folded back and the coin passes by and drops into the body member I. rThe spring 9 prevents the coins returning through the chute 8. The spring 9 is bent so that the portion across the mouth of the chute 8 is at a slight angle thereto, and the coin cannot be returned to said chute from the inside of the body ment ber.

Applicants spring 9 is simple in its construction, can be readily applied and effectually prevents the surreptitious removal of coins from the bank and will operate equally as well whether the bank is empty or filled with coins.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. Tn a coin bank, the combination with a body member; of a cover member made of a single piece of metal closing the open end of said body member and having a lengthwise tapered integral chute open at one end, projecting upwardly from and across its top; a plate having a hole therethrough at one end and secured to the underside of said cover member substantially parallel therewith, with saidhole adjacent to the closed end of said integral chute; a second chute secured to and projecting downwardly from said plate in the same vertical plane as said first mentioned chtite, and having one open end, which is below the open end of said first mentioned chute; and a flexible finger fixed to a rigid part and projecting across the open end of said chute.

2. In a coin bank, the combination with a body member; of a cover member secured to and closing the open end of said body member and having an upwardly projecting chute upon the top thereof which is open at one end and in length shorter than the distance across the said cover member; a flat plate with a hole therethrough near one end thereof and secured to the underside of said cover member with the said hole adjacent to the closed end of said chute; a second chute of substantially the same construction and design as the first mentioned chute secured to the underside of said plate with the open end thereof below the open end of said first mentioned chute; and :L flexible finger fixed to a rigid part and projecting across the open end of said second chute, substantially tures in presence of two witnesses.

In testimony whereof we affix our signi tures in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK J. MALEY.

JOSEPH E. HILLS. Titnesses GEORGE E. HALL, FLORENCE H. MoNK. 

